“HEATHEN TOUR 2002” which let the “Bowie resurrection” be told in full weather. The ultra-super stereo sound board album is on its way. Is it a world tour that I realized for the first time in five years, is this time a great harvest of soundboard. We have also reported numerous, such as “Daihatsu 2002 (Wardour-227)” on Daimyo Board of Tour No.1, “MONTREUX 2002 (Wardour-193)”, “BBC LIVE 2002”, Gift board “BERLIN 2002” . This work is a live album that compiled a sound board that seems to explore the best while leaking to such a masterpiece group.

[Ultra superb sound board supervised by members]
However, it is not just a “leftovers”, though. Actually, it was the band member at that time, Mark Platty who supervised this work. He is a producer / musician who participated from “EARTHLING” to “REALITY”, and also a gifted person who showed active performances of rhythm guitar / bass / keyboard / chorus and Hakuzaki Raku in “HEATHEN TOUR 2002”. It is different from just the stakeholders, it is the master selected by the person who entered the core nucleus and made it public.
Although three kinds of sound boards are recorded in such a work, the main thing to become the main is “12 Toronto performances 2002”, occupying 12 songs of all 17 songs of this work. Let’s confirm the position of the show from the whole picture of “HEATHEN TOUR 2002” here.

This is the summary of “HEATHEN TOUR 2002”. Although all of the sound board / pro shot groups mentioned above were all in Europe, this work is “North America # 1”. It is a concert which is the sixth performance of that. The highest taste of this sound board is the quality that is intense anyhow. Unfortunately it is an incomplete version of the broadcasting frame relationship or about half of the show, but the sound is a perfect official grade. Not only is it simply a deep ball sound board, but a precise mix is ​​given, and the perfection of each instrument is perfect, it is kneaded down to a slight echo on the vocal. Timing when the great cheers are entered is also fully calculated, and it should be said that it is truly supervised by a member, it is an ultra superb sound board perfectly “worked”. Although it was a quality that could be releasably officially released as it was, it was a further refinement in this work only for the high quality sounds at hand. We sort out the midrange which was slightly turbid, and finished it in a clearer and clearer sound.
The show drawn by that quality is also wonderful. This tour is famous for New York performances and London performances with the theme of “LOW” and “HEATHEN” complete reproduction, but from the “Europe # 1” it was usually set as a concert format. The Toronto performance of this work, when having performed the place number from there, the ensemble was also taken, when the band’s engine was fully opened. You can taste the show that exactly shows you.

【Overwhelming bonus to complement this story】
Following such a Toronto performance are two studio lives. Three songs “Slow Burn” “Fame” “I Took A Trip On”, two songs of BBC’s famous program “MICHAEL PARKINSON SHOW” “Everone Says” Hi “” “Life On Mars?” And “TOP OF THE POPS 2” A Gemini Spaceship “.
It was also supervised by Mark · Platy, and I wanted to say that it was a perfection degree … … but the master published on the net had very few scratches. The fundamental quality is ultimate for the Toronto performance as well, but the sound skip is left in several places, and the sound pressure of each sound source also falls apart. It was released as it was. Sound pressure may not be a problem for listening in a loudness-normalized environment, but sound skipping is severe. This work sticks to the live album as a “work” to the last, I pressed permanent preservation in a condition corrected perfectly.
It is actually the choice of the sound source that I feel the stature of members’ supervision over such quality. These two kinds of broadcasts do not suffer the Toronto performance and songs of this volume at all, and they are “complementary editions” beyond simple bonuses. Of course, although the mood is different from the stage only in the studio live at the broadcasting station, not many patterns of the same song come out through one piece. Particularly delicious is “Slow Burn” and “I Took A Trip On A Gemini Spaceship” of “TOP OF THE POPS 2”. Both are new songs from “HEATHEN”, but the stage performance is very limited, it is a rare number that I could not even listen to the Daimyakai “OLYMPIA 2002” and “MONTREUX 2002”. As a result, this work includes 8 live versions of all 12 songs of “HEATHEN”, and because of the members who were working with Bowie at that time, “aesthetic” is felt.

It is not simply beautiful, it is super superb stereo sound board album which is not just gathering together. By Mark Supermarket supervision, there is an elegance that makes it a “work of art” both in sound and composition. HEATHEN TOUR 2002 “where official live albums were not left, it is one of the closest existing existence.
It is not a full show through, so it does not break the stronghold of “OLYMPIA 2002”. But I can not talk about “Bowie ‘s 2002” with that one. Including valuable “Slow Burn” “I Took A Trip On A Gemini Spaceship”, it is the best live album as a single work and as a sub text. Please, enjoy it.

【本編を補完する見事すぎるボーナス】
そんなトロント公演に続くのは、２種のスタジオライヴ。BBCの名物番組“MICHAEL PARKINSON SHOW”の２曲「Everone Says “Hi”」「Life On Mars?」と、“TOP OF THE POPS 2”の３曲「Slow Burn」「Fame」「I Took A Trip On A Gemini Spaceship」です。
こちらもマーク・プラティが監修しており、さすがの完成度……と言いたかったのですが、ネット公開されたマスターには極わずかにキズがありました。基本のクオリティはトロント公演にも負けない超極上ぶりなのですが、数カ所に音飛びが残され、各音源の音圧もバラバラ。のまま公開されたのです。音圧はラウドネス・ノーマライズされた環境で聴く分には問題にならないのかも知れませんが、音飛びは厳しい。本作はあくまでも“作品”としてのライヴアルバムにこだわり、完璧に補正した状態で永久保存プレスいたしました。
そんなクオリティも以上にメンバー監修の風格を感じるのは、実は音源のチョイス。この２種の放送は本編トロント公演と曲が一切被らず、単なるボーナス以上に“補完編”となっているのです。もちろん、放送局でのスタジオライヴだけにステージとはムードが違うものの、１枚を通して同じ曲を何パターンも出てくるわけではない。特に美味しいのは“TOP OF THE POPS 2”の「Slow Burn」と「I Took A Trip On A Gemini Spaceship」。どちらも『HEATHEN』からの新曲ですが、ステージ演奏は非常に限られ、大名盤『OLYMPIA 2002』や『MONTREUX 2002』でも聴けなかったレアナンバー。結果として、本作には『HEATHEN』の全12曲中８曲のライヴバージョンが収録されており、当時ボウイと共に活動していたメンバーだからこその“美学”が感じられるのです。

単に美しいのではなく、単に寄せ集めでもない超極上のステレオサウンドボード・アルバム。マーク・プラティ監修によって、サウンドにも構成にも“作品然”とした気品が漂う。公式にライヴアルバムが残されなかった“HEATHEN TOUR 2002”で、最も公式に近い存在の１枚です。
通しのフルショウではありませんから『OLYMPIA 2002』の牙城を崩すわけではありません。しかし、あの１本で“ボウイの2002年”を語り尽くせるわけでもない。貴重な「Slow Burn」「I Took A Trip On A Gemini Spaceship」も含め、１枚の作品としてもサブテキストとしても最高のライヴアルバム。どうぞ、存分にお楽しみください。

Top Of The Pops 2
(recorded at Kaufman Studios, New York, USA on 2nd June 2002)

16. Slow Burn (Broadcast on 7th June 2002)
17. Fame (Broadcast on 18th June 2002)
18. I Took A Trip On A Gemini Spaceship (Broadcast on 19th June 2002)

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David Bowie / UK TV 2002 / 1Single DVDR / Non label

Translated Text:
Top Of The Pops 2 / Parkinson / Live on Jools Holland

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The main press CD is super-superb sound board recording supervised by Mark Platty. Originally it is a music album unnecessary for bonuses, but among the live recorded there are also video versions for the two studio lives. This work is a live video that compiled 3 types of television appearance pro shots of 2002 mainly for the 2 kinds. Let’s introduce each picture in detail.

【TOP OF THE POPS 2 (3 songs)】
First of all, three songs “TOP OF THE POPS 2” that also became a bonus of the main press CD are appearing. All songs are included in “June 2, 2002” but the broadcasts are disjointed, “Slow Burn” is June 7, “Fame” is June 18th, “I Took A Trip On A Gemini Spaceship “Was broadcast on June 19th. “TOP OF THE POPS” is often a mime, but this recording is a live performance with audiences in the stage style set.
Although I mentioned in the commentary of this volume, what is precious is “Slow Burn” and “I Took A Trip On A Gemini Spaceship”. In particular, the latter number is said to have been hardly performed on the stage except New York performances and London performances which became a reproduction show “HEATHEN”. That rare song can be seen with BBC quality multi-camera pro shot.

【MICHAEL PARKINSON SHOW (2 songs)】
The same pro shot is also the same as the main press press bonus “MICHAEL PARKINSON SHOW”. It was recorded in “September 19, 2002” and was broadcasted on “September 21”. Just like “TOP OF THE POPS 2”, live at an in-station studio, “Life On Mars?” Will sing with a piano only backing in duo with Mike Gerson.
The above “TOP OF THE POPS 2” was still a stage with the audience, but this is a complete set shot. The atmosphere is also relaxed quite well, Bowie is a gray trainer, and Stalin Campbell is also a mysterious T – shirt printed as “FALUN GONG Falun Dafa” (Chinese Qigong). A celebrating TV show studio cheer is also repeated, and a mood different from a fashionable stage can be seen with multiple cameras.
It is actually between songs that the mood is felt in particular. Although only two studio live songs were made on the main press CD, this work also includes an interview that was in between. Tom Hanks, who was the guest of the same time, was also present at the same time (by the way he was a movie “Road to Perdition” just released), a jokes full of Bowie’s exclusive place. You can enjoy the appearance of enjoying TV appearance in a really peaceful mood.

【LATER … WITH JOOLS HOLLAND (3 songs)】
Lastly he appeared on television not related to the main press CD. This is also a pro shot when I appeared on BBC’s special program “LATER … WITH JOOLS HOLLAND”. Moderator Jules Holland is famous as a television program moderator, but also a keyboardist of SQUEEZE.
This image appeared on “September 20, 2002”, and performed three studio live “Rebel Rebel” “5.15 the Angels Have Gone” “Heathen”. This is also recorded in the local station set, but cheering between the songs, cheering between the songs, etc. The most live atmosphere in the three kinds of images (TV with anyone in front of the stage is really TV). By the way, the new version “Rebel Rebel” was the first show on television.

After all the attention is “TOP OF THE POPS 2” and “MICHAEL PARKINSON SHOW”. It is a multi camera · pro shot which can witness the sight of the “far side” of the top sound board of the main press CD. One piece that inflates the image of the press CD which was a music work which can also be called a semi-official, watching the Bowie at that time with eyes. Please enjoy plenty of “Bowie of 2002” together with “TORONTO 2002”.

【TOP OF THE POPS 2（３曲）】
まず登場するのは、本編プレスCDのボーナスにもなった“TOP OF THE POPS 2”の３曲。どの曲も「2002年６月２日」に収録されていますが、放送はバラバラで「Slow Burn」は６月７日、「Fame」は６月18日、「I Took A Trip On A Gemini Spaceship」は６月19日に放送されました。“TOP OF THE POPS”というとマイムなことも多いのですが、この収録はステージ風セットに観客も入れた生演奏です。
本編の解説でも触れましたが、やはり貴重なのは「Slow Burn」と「I Took A Trip On A Gemini Spaceship」。特に後者は『HEATHEN』再現ショウとなったニューヨーク公演やロンドン公演以外、ほとんどステージ演奏されなかった言われるナンバー。そんな激レア曲をBBCクオリティのマルチカメラ・プロショットで観られるわけです。